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A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, and scientist, known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Leonardo Da Vinci
Wife of Justinian, outspoken for women's rights and influenced many of her husband's decisions while ruling
Theodora
(618-907 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was much like the Han, who used Confucianism. This dynasty had the equal-field system, a bureaucracy based on merit, and a Confucian education system.
Tang dynasty
a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
Habeas Corpus
Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
Marco Polo
Protestant scholar who translated the Bible into English.
William Tyndale
This queen ruled England for 50 years, was the daughter of King Henry and Anne Boleyn, and was one of the most successful monarchs in English History, allowing Protestantism to thrive in Europe
Queen Elizabeth I
French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king
Joan of Arc
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
Hernan Cortes
• cultural diffusion between Europeans & Muslims
Effects of the Crusade
This was the queen who reverted back to Catholicism in England for five years and during this reign, she executed many Protestants
Mary I
Texts produced in mass numbers; available to the public; encouraged learning and knowledge
Benefits of the Printing Press
The first wife of Henry VIII, mother of Mary
Catherine of Aragon
religious reformer who believed in predestination; commonly known as the Martin Luther of France
John Calvin
Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Kublai Khan
The great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588; defeated by the terrible winds and fire ships.
A pardon given by the Roman Catholic Church in return for repentance for sins
Indulgence
Built in the Ming Dynasty, was a stunning monument in Beijing built for Yonglo. All commoners and foreigners were forbidden to enter without special permission.
Forbidden City
Invented within China during the 9th century, this substance became the dominant military technology used to expand European and Asian empires by the 15th century.
Gunpowder
Weak Roman government, social problems, and declining economy
Reasons for the Fall of the Roman empire
Formed in 1240 when Sundiata took control of Ghana Empire. It controlled trade across Sahara, the South and the Niger River.
Mali Empire
developed the scientific method
Sir Francis Bacon
A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and the worth of individuals
Humanism
Gold, god, glory
Reasons for European Exploration
A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.
Caravel